Credit: Nancy Lane

Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots in regulation, then thwarted Olli Jokinen and Bryan Little in the shootout, as the Bruins outlasted the Winnipeg Jets, 2-1, at the Garden this afternoon.

Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron scored shootout goals, and when Little’s final attempt rang the outside of the goalpost, the B’s had their second win of the season.

What was more impressive was the work Bergeron and the penalty killers did to get the game to the shootout. First, Johnny Boychuk took a high-sticking penalty with 1:11 left in regulation and the B’s were able to kill that off, despite having to go 4-on-3 for the first 49 seconds of the overtime. Then Zdeno Chara was tagged with a questionable holding call with 1:28 left in overtime. Not only was that killed off, but the B’s did not allow the Jets a single shot on net in the extra session.

“I think we all know where to be, we communicate well on the ice,” said Bergeron about the penalty kill. “Coach (Doug) Houda does a great job to make things black and white and then, it’s about instincts and just making sure you’re in the right place.”

The only two goals in regulation came in the first period, when the Jets’ Chris Thorburn and Bruins winger Brad Marchand (set up nicely by Seguin) traded goals.

The B’s did not have quite the energy or emotional level that they did in Saturday’s win over the Rangers — though Milan Lucic did have a whopping 10 hits). They did have many chances, however, that won’t even go into the books as shots. The B’s hit iron five times in this game, but in the end it was the post next to Rask that gave them the two points.

The B’s will practice tomorrow in Wilmington before traveling to Manhattan, where they’ll have a rematch against the 0-2 Rangers.